Track-fastening.



PATBNTED FEB. 26, 1907.

W. T. BROWN. TRACK FASTENING.

' APPLIGATION FILED MAY 5, 1906.

wi tmeoow attovwmgo int WILLIAM T. BROWN, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

TRACK-FASTENING.

1 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed May 5. 1906. Serial No. 316.371.

IO and consists in providing each cross-tic with two pairs of diagonally-arranged lugs adapt ed to engage thefi'anges of the rails when the ties are brought at right angles thereto, as full set forth hereinafter and as illustrated he accompan 'ng drawings, in which Figure 1 is a p an view of a pair of rails and two cross-ties embodying ,my improvement. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1 and Fig 3 is a sectional view illustrating one zo rneans of connecting a lug with a wooden cross-tie.

The combined tie and rail clamp or fastener consists of a bar B, which may be of wood or metal and of any desired construction and which is provided with two pairs of .lugs 0, each pair arranged diagonally upon a line'parallel to the diagonal line upon which the other pair is arranged, and these lugs are provided with overhanging lips and with sharp edges below said lips a.

' Each )air of lugs is so arranged that they will receive the base of the rail between them,

and when the bar or tie is at right angles to.

the rails the sharpened edges of all of the lugs 3 5 will engage the edges of the lower tlauges of the rails, as shown at the top in Fig. 1. In this position the engagement is such that the sharpened edges will tend to bite forcibly the edges of the rail-flanges, and to secure a bet 40 ter hold itis preferable that the edges of the rail-flanges shall be serrated or roughened, as illustrated, although this is not always absolutely necessary.

To connect and support the rails, the crosstie is brought beneath the sanie to the position shown in connection with the tie B, Fig. 1, when each pair'oi lugs will be so far separated in respect to the case of the adjacent rail that the latter may be readily received between them; but as the tie is brought to a ened t sgesof the lugs biting into the edges of the rail, so that any pressure in either direction indicated by the arrows, Fig. 1, will have no tendency to separate the tics from the rails, which are therefore securely locked to the ties, but without the necessity of spiking or danger of the securing devices bcconing loose. In fact, the only way in which any loosening can occur is to reniove the ballast to pernpit the tie to be canted to the position shown bythe tie B, Fig. 1, and it. will be seen that. by. "renioving the ballast and tarrying the tie to this position one or nlorc tics may be readily disconnected, but that when replaced and carried to the position shown at the top, Fig. 1, the tamping of the ballast against the tie will insure its securc and eontlnucd attachment to the rolls.

In case of wooden ties lugs ntay be pra vidcd with stems 7) integral therewith, as shown in Fig. 3, and passing through openings in the ties and secured by keys or nuts or otherwise, the projections 0 adapted to be driven into the ties to prevent turning. When the ties are of metal, either forged or cast, the lugs are formed integral with the tics.

The nuts d constitute projections lelow the tics, or projections d may be formed on the ties, and these will tit between stringers e on bridges or wherever stringers are used and hold the ties securely in position longitudinally.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement shown, I claim 1. A combined railway-tie and clamp consisting of a bar provided with two pairs of lugs having lips a, each pair arranged diagonally on a line parallel to that of the other pair, and the PIOXIITtIlO edges oi the lugs oi each pair sharpened to engage and bite the edge of a rail-flange.

2. A combined tie and rail-clamp consisting of a bar having forncd therein andintegral therewith two pairs of diagonally-arranged lugs, the proximate edges of each pair sharpened to engage the edge of a rail-flange, and each lug with a lipa.

25. The combination with the rails of ag'ail way having bottom ilangcs with Stl'l'fl-iitfilS at the edges, of a cross-tie cq-isisting of .13 l r having two pairs of lipped lugs diagomptlg ranged to rot eive the base of the rail betiwen them and to engage the ed es thereof when the bar is at right angles to the rails, the edges of the lugs engaging the rail being ;edges of the lugs engaging the rail being sharpened,and the lugs on the bottom of th' sha ened for the purpose specified. tie.

4. he combination with the rails of a rail- In testimony whereof I affix my signaturl 5 way having bottom flanges with serrations at in presence of two Witnesses.

the edges of' a crnss-l1ie consisting of a bar T I having tw opairs of lipped lugs diagonally ar- WILLIAM BROV ranged to receive the base of the rail between Witnesses: v

' them and to engage the edges thereof when W. H. GLENN,

IO the bar is atright angles to the rails, the l M. BERRIEN, 

